Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)
Introduction
This line is open for freight.
Dates
| 04/08/1853 | Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway) Act passed. |
| /10/1857 | Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway) Opened to minerals. |
| 01/04/1858 | Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway) Opened to passengers. |
| / /1862 | Wansbeck Railway Line opened from Morpeth to Scot's Gap. The Blyth and Tyne Railway's Morpeth [BT] station was used. This terminus was approached by first crossing over the Newcastle and Berwick Railway and then joining the Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway) at an east facing junction, trains then reversed into the terminus. |
| / /1871 | Wansbeck RailwayNewcastle and Berwick Railway Curve (authorised in original Wansbeck Railway Act) put in to allow North British Railway trains to run into the main Morpeth station in either 1871 or 1872. The two companies built the curve towards each other, meeting in the middle. With this opening, the Wansbeck Railway trains stopped using the Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)'s terminus. |
| 24/05/1880 | Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway) The Blyth and Tyne Railway's terminus station at Morpeth is closed to passengers. The former terminus becomes purely a goods yard. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Bedlington to Morpeth
This is a closed station on an open line. It was located in Sleekburn, north east of Bedlington itself. The station building and platform remain. Two signal boxes also remain, at the level crossing to the north and south of the former station.
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See also
Bedlington Private Railway
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Bill Roberton //1987
David Bosher 07/04/2018
John Clark 09/04/1969
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David Bosher 07/04/2018
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This junction opened in 1980 between the existing 1857 Morpeth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway) and a new long chord to Morpeth North Junction on the East Coast Main Line.
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Ewan Crawford //1998
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This was the terminus of the Blyth and Tyne Railway to the south of Morpeth itself, opened alongside Morpeth, the Newcastle and Berwick Railway though station. The latter was just to the north.
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Ewan Crawford /11/1997
John McIntyre 29/04/2017
Colin Alexander 16/08/2010
John McIntyre 29/04/2017
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Choppington Colliery
Barmoor Colliery
Morpeth NER link
John Furnevel 08/11/2007
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